Friday, September 23, 2016

Topsy Turvy Ilustration

About
three months
ago, I was asked to participate in an illustration exhibition,
as part of the
TelAviv
Illustration Week.

The
exhibition revolves
around one fairy tale, The Red Silk Ribbon, which is
quite long and has a
complicated plot. In short, it tells the story of a fisherman
who can't fish
anymore, so inorder
to get more fish, he promises
to let a mermaid havesomething
he has in his own house, but
doesn't know what it is yet.Apparently, it is his
own son (when he arrives home, his wifetells him she is
pregnant). When Lucas, the son, grows up, his lifebecomes
quite difficult, but then, one day, he receives a gift: The
ability to transform
himself into four different animals, and this gift enableshim
to marry a beautiful princess.Meanwhile, the
mermaid hasn't forgotten what she was promised, andtransforms
the princess into a dragon... This is a very short summary,
since the fairy tale
includes many more details and subplots.

I chose
to
illustrate two scenes depictingthe transformation
process in the fairy tale by creatingTopsy Turvy
characters who have two heads and share the same body. As Ihad
a short time to complete the work, it was quite an intenseprocess.
Here are some images of my piece. The exhibition isalready
on show at ArtemisiaGallery,
31 AbarbanelSt.,
Tel Aviv, and it will continue
until the end of October.